Equity & Diversity
Insights into how issues of equity, diversity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and religious beliefs impact schools
Webinars on Equity & Diversity
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Special Report
Where We Are Now: Educational Equity in the Pandemic Era
What impact did the pandemic have on achieving educational equity? Stories and data assessments shed some light.
Special Report
Uprooting Inequities
What does it take for schools to move from embracing the goals of equity to enacting concrete steps that actually change the schooling experience for students who are black, Hispanic, and from low-income families?
Special Report
Teaching Vulnerable Students
This special report examines challenges and strategies for educating some of the most vulnerable students in the nation’s schools, including youths in juvenile detention facilities, immigrant students fearing deportation, homeless students with disabilities, and foster children.
Equity & Diversity Video A Native American Elder Reflects on His Boarding School ExperienceDwight Howe’s Native boarding school experience in the 1970s was mostly positive. Fifty years earlier, it would have been a different story.
Equity & Diversity Young Children Think and Talk About Race. How Should Teachers Respond?Educators, many wary of recent restrictions on the topic, discussed the challenge at a recent professional conference.
Equity & Diversity Opinion 3 Reasons Your District Needs a Theory of Change for Equity WorkEven as equity and anti-racism efforts have accelerated, many equity leaders are missing this essential tool, writes a researcher.Equity & Diversity Quiz Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Equity?Answer 7 questions about Equity.
Equity & Diversity More States Push Schools to Drop Native American MascotsAt states' urging, schools will drop Native American mascots, citing the harm of racist stereotypes. The changes bring logistical and political challenges.
Equity & Diversity Schools Trying to Prioritize Equity Have Their Work Cut Out for Them, Survey ShowsThe pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequities in education. Practitioners and researchers offer advice on how to move forward.
Equity & Diversity Schools Are Resegregating. There's a Push for the Supreme Court to Consider ThatAs the court weighs race-conscious college admissions policies, some say the needs of resegregating K-12 schools ought to be considered, too.
Equity & Diversity Equity Scorecard: Assessing Equity in 4 Critical AreasData show a mixed bag when it comes to whether schools are now more equitable than they were pre-pandemic.
Equity & Diversity Here's How the Pandemic Changed School DisciplineStudents were suspended less frequently but Black, poor, and disabled students were punished at higher rates after the pandemic.
Equity & Diversity How to Talk to LGBTQ Students About the Colorado Nightclub ShootingThe tragedy is a difficult moment for a group of students already under strain.
Equity & Diversity Opinion The Real Value of Equity Directors for DistrictsThough some in education dismiss equity directors as merely symbolic or even doomed to fail, the role is enormously consequential.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Stop Demonizing Black Boys. Let Them Play, TooThe play of Black boys is judged differently—more dangerous, more violent—than that of peers, writes teacher-educator Altheria Caldera.
Equity & Diversity Q&A How Is White Supremacy Embedded in School Systems Today? A Scholar ExplainsJohn Diamond, a professor of sociology and education policy at Brown University, discusses how educators can make schools more equitable.
Equity & Diversity Safe Space or Segregation? Affinity Groups for Teachers, Students of ColorSee what affinity groups are and why they're coming under fire.
Equity & Diversity Districts Need Guidance on Designing Dress Codes That Are Fair to All. It Might Be On the WayThe Education Department has said it will develop resources, but experts say school districts also need to examine their own policies.
